Emotionally Stuck? Improve Your Relationship with Your Emotions

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Emotionally Stuck? Improve Your Relationship with Your Emotions

Are you emotionally stuck? Emotions can get a bad rap; however, emotions are part of the human experience and are a way our brain communicates with us. For example, fear warns us of potential danger so we can take measures to remain safe. Sadness tells us something needs our attention, and joy reinforces something good so we do more of it. Feeling emotions isn’t problematic. Difficulties happen when we get stuck in our emotions and begin to react.

A few ways we get trapped by our emotions:

• Trying to fight them or desperately trying to keep them
• Being unaware of how we’re reacting to them
• Using them to evaluate the quality of our lives

You don’t have to remain emotionally stuck. These tips can help you improve your relationship with your emotions, yourself, and your life.

• Remember that emotions are neither good nor bad; they simply are
• Rather than struggling against them, acknowledge and allow your feelings to exist (struggling keeps you stuck)
• When feelings are strong, simply breathe and notice them to give yourself space before reacting
• In that pause created by your breath, make a choice that aligns with your values: What action will move you closer to what you want, and what would move you farther away?
• Remember that you are not your emotions, and emotions don’t define the quality of your life

With acceptance and awareness, you can make your emotions work for you.

Related Articles Dealing with Emotions and Mental Health

• What is Emotional Health? And How to Improve It?
• Transform Triggering Emotions with Appreciation
• Learn How to Control Your Emotions and Feel Confident
• Get Control of Your Emotions and Respond Wisely
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy: How Does It Work?
• What is Emotional Wellness?
• What Does it Mean to Be Emotionally Healthy?

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: How do you handle your own strong emotions in a healthy way? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• It's Okay to Struggle with Your Mental Health--Times Are Hard
• Adjusting Anxious Expectations During the COVID-19 Outbreak
• Understanding Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)
• Tips for Celebrating Your Birthday in Eating Disorder Recovery
• Crisis of Control During COVID-19 Quarantine
• Why Getting Older with Schizoaffective Disorder Is Hard
• 4 Ways To Stop Hiding from Anxiety and Start Living Freely
• 4 Time Management Tips for Working from Home with Bipolar
• Those Weight-Related Memes Are Not Funny to Everyone
• The Financial Exploitation of Mental Health
• Setting Therapy Goals In Recovery from Mental Illness

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. 3 Difficulties with Mental Health Therapy in Chronic Illness
2. Depression in Recovery Isn’t Like Untreated Depression
3. Am I Doing Enough to Fight Mental Health Stigma?

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

"The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety."

Read more anxiety quotes.

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